Photo: Unknown (Life time: ) · Public domainMost of Eldora commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Eldora has 15 jobs, against 41 working residents. Hardly any work in Eldora itself; outside it, Boulder draws the most (20%, 18 miles). 2% of workers have no commute at all, where Colorado as a whole has 21%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Eldora
On a workday 41 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Eldora’s working residents head each day
Where Eldora clocks in
20% of workers
10% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Services make up most of the work in Eldora
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eldora, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 15. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Eldora’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Eldora
of Eldora workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 387 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across Colorado: 82% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Eldora’s workers travel
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Eldora: questions
What is the poverty rate in Eldora?
52.9%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Eldora work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boulder (20%, 18 mi), Denver (10%, 40 mi), Nederland (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Eldora without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Eldora, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eldora
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.